We desert those who desert us; we cannot afford to suffer; we must live how we can.

Education is not so important as people think.

writers do not find subjects: subjects find them. There is not so much a search as a state of open susceptibility.

Ireland is a great country to die or be married in.

Curiosity in Rome is a form of courtesy.

Two things are terrible in childhood: helplessness (being in other people's power) and apprehension - the apprehension that something is being concealed from us because it is too bad to be told.

we can surmount the anger we feel. To find oneself like a young tree inside a tomb is to discover the power to crack the tomb and grow up to any height.